by admin | Jun 3, 2008 | Health & Medicine
Health care professionals from around the state will gather in Des Moines today for an HIV/AIDS Conference. It’s the 10th year for the event and it comes at a time when the number of Iowans diagnosed with HIV infection has reached it’s highest level since...
by admin | Apr 24, 2008 | News
The Iowa Department of Public Health says the number of H-I-V cases in the state last year rose to its highest level since H-I-V reporting began in 1998. There were 127 cases diagnosed in 2007 — up from 113 in 2006 and the previous high of 117 in 2005. Randy...
by admin | Nov 27, 2007 | Health & Medicine
Candlelight vigils are planned tonight in five Iowa cities that aim to draw attention to the ongoing plight of AIDS. Joan Thompson is a health educator at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, where a vigil is planned for 5:30 PM beside the Maucker Union...
by admin | Aug 27, 2007 | Health & Medicine
A University of Iowa professor says the Internet is being used by "H-I-V denialists" to spread false ideas about HIV/AIDS, which could have terrible public health consequences. Tara Smith, an assistant professor of epidemiology, says it has been 23 years...
by admin | Jun 27, 2007 | Health & Medicine
Several locations across Iowa are offering free or reduced-prices on H-I-V-AIDS testing today. Bryce Sitter, disease prevention/education coordinator for the central Iowa chapter of the American Red Cross, says if you’ve never been tested before, you should go...
